Marcy's Complete
Book List
BOOK TITLE
ACT IT OUT! LOGIC FOR YOUNG THINKERS
(logic problems to determine proper placement of items
from teacher provided clues)
ALGEBRAIC
CLUES: ESTIMATION & COMMUNICATION (estimation of visualized
circles followed by working with a partner to establish the actual
number; algebraic clues are given to assist in determining the
value of the unknowns)
ALGEBRAIC
COMMUNICATING WITH TILES (forming a list of numbers utilizing
tiles 0 through 9 by listening to and/or reading algebraic clues;
each listing involves 1, 2, or 3 unknowns)
ASSESSING MATH UNDERSTANDING AND
CONCEPTS (performance, application, and mathematical
abstraction tasks for 30 concepts such as factors, multiples,
graphs, square numbers, area, perimeter)
BASIC GAMES, BOOK A (40
games to drill and practice the basic addition and subtraction
facts)
BASIC GAMES, BOOK B (36 games to drill and practice
the basic multiplication and division facts)
BEAR BALANCING & BEANSTICKS
(seeing equations - early algebraic experiences)
BEGINNING WEIGHT LOGIC (basic addition
& subtraction facts combined with reasoning; if...then...talk
to reveal individual weight values)
BULLETIN BOARDS THAT COUNT (ideas for "numbers"
and "shapes" bulletin boards with questions utilizing
mathematical vocabulary and concepts)
CHARTING THE UNKNOWNS (finding the
possible values of two unknowns when a total has been given;
utilization of the guess and check strategy combined with seeing
a pattern and keeping an organized chart of values)
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION-NUMBERS FOR A
REASON (classifying 8 given numbers into 2 groups for a mathematical
reason)
CLUES & CUES: COOPERATIVE PROBLEM
SOLVING (math experience for small groups involving
forming numbers, forming rectangles, and other activities for
cooperation)
COLOR IT ON THE HUNDRED CHART (using
vocabulary of more/less, before/after/between, plus and minus
to color a design on the hundred chart; ideal for starters or
center activities)
COLOR IT ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 2 (using
place value, multiplication, division fractions and exponents
to color a design on the hundred chart; ideal for starters or
center activities)
COMMUNICATING WITH TILES (90 activities utilizing mathematics
vocabulary & concepts: intended to deal with mathematics
as a language: listening, forming numbers, and communicating
orally)
CONTRASTING FACTS: COOPERATIVE TRIVIA STARTERS (50 cooperative
experiences for guessing about a real life situation & then
refining numbers on the basis of vocabulary/concept clues)
COOP THINKING (cooperative starters, mental math and
pursuit problems plus trio tiling)
COUNT & PLACE: SIDES &
SHAPES (36 placement starting activities with a circle, a
square, and a triangle, plus 40 independent task time activities
using a given set of pattern blocks to build a polygon with a
particular number of sides)
COVER IT DAILY ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 1 (starting
activities where students cover specific numbers such as even
numbers less then 20 and then respond to inquiries by the teacher)
COVER IT DAILY ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 2 (starting
activities where students cover specific numbers by using concepts/skills
such as sums, differences, products and place value & respond
to inquiries by the teacher)
CRACK THE CODE, BOOK A (180 daily problems including
alphabet and symbol codes plus 36 pages of progression challenges)
CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B (180 daily problems including
alphabet: and symbol codes plus 36 pages of code deciphering)
CRAYON LOGIC (introduction to if...then... reasoning by
finding the proper placement for crayons with number tiles)
CREATE A NUMBER (problems with numerous number solutions
ideal for cooperative learning or home pursuit)
DEALING WITH DOMINOES I (basic arithmetic concepts
& operations with dominoes)
DEALING WITH DOMINOES II (problem solving with dominoes)
DETECTIVE/PROBLEM SOLVER (word problems and spatial
designs to encourage mathematical communication skills)
DOMINO ALGEBRA (algebra experiences utilizing
double six dominoes, including recording algebra equations)
DO TALK IT OVER (cooperative, manipulative math experiences
for small groups of students to discuss)
DUO DO DOMINOES (2 sets of primary tasks - 20 per set
- for counting and problem solving using double six dominoes)
EARLY COMMUNICATING WITH TILES (45 activities
with listing all ten tiles by hearing and speaking the language
of mathematics and 45 opening tile placement activities)
EARLY SKILLBOARD MATH (25 skillboards, pictures, &
verbal clues for before, after, more, less, greater than, and
between)
ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA EXPERIENCES (algebra experiences
utilizing beansticks numbered 2 through 9; "algebra talk",
problem solving, & equation writing)
FIND THE NUMBERS AND WORDS (locating numbers on the
100 chart, writing questions for answers, writing in mathematics)
FIND THE X TILE (discovering the value of X by listening
to mathematical vocabulary clues & eliminating numbers)
FINDING X ...ALGEBRA BEGINNINGS (100 activities utilizing
math vocabulary & the problem strategy of elimination to
determine the value for x)
FOLLOW THE CLUES WITH TILES (cooperative problem solving
by reading clues, sharing information and building numbers)
FORM
AN EQUATION (creating balances by utilizing designated digits
to form equations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division,
and mixed basic operations)
GEOMETRY LINE UP & BE ACCOUNTED FOR (activities using
the 6 traditional pattern blocks for geometric vocabulary and
logical thinking; included are 2 sets of 20 tasks which could
be set up as centers)
GRAPHING GALORE (daily bar graph experiences;
180 ideas for involving students in graphing and generalizing)
IF . . . THEN . . . THINK & THINK AGAIN (72 problem
solving activities involving If . . . Then reasoning, thinking
and U.S. logic)
I HAVE (oral mental math drills for computation, concepts
and vocabulary: I have 9. Who has the smallest 3-digit number?)
I HAVE: THE BASICS (oral mental math drills for the basic
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts)
JUSTIFY YOUR THINKING (higher level thinking
problems to encourage generalizations and communication)
KNOW
THE NUMBERS (finding two different 2-digit, 3-digit, or 4-digit
numbers which meet the given criteria; ideal for starters or
center activities)
LINKING LOGIC & GEOMETRY (cooperative problem solving
utilizing geometric concepts/vocabulary and logical reasoning
skills)
LOOK AND LIST (100 activities
for forming a list of tiles numbered 0 through 9 from visualizations:
legs, dots, marbles, and sides)
LOOK
AND SHOW YOUR THINKING (number sense activities using magnetic
marbles, magnetic disks, geometric shapes, animals, and coins
on the overhead) MAGNETIC KIT (manipulative kit for use with the book; includes
magnetic wand, 40 magnetic marbles, and 100 colored disks. This
item is $16.00)
LOOKING
FOR RELATIONSHIPS (20 warm ups for seeing relationships between
numbers; 20 activities for observing related prices of items
and 20 activities for finding numerous ways to spend a designated
amount by using relationship thinking)
MATH MODELS WITH MAGNETIC MATERIALS (vocabulary/concept
clues and pictorial models for magnetic marbles and disks--expecially
useful for estimating quantities shown on the overhead) (The
book is a $15.00 item and is seperate from the magnetic
kit.) MAGNETIC KIT (manipulative kit for use with the book; includes
magnetic wand, 40 magnetic marbles, and 100 colored disks. This
item is $16.00)
MATH STARTERS & STUMPERS (think problems, estimates,
lines and signs to start your math period, plus 180 stumper problems)
MENTAL MATH WITH TILES & THE HUNDRED CHART ("scripts"
for giving oral directions to students for mental math gymastics
-- where they can show the answer with tiles or have their fingers
pointing to numbers on the 100 chart)
MIX AND MATCH NUMBERS (50
different pictured actvities where students match quantitative
amounts 0 through 9 with number tiles)
MONEY LOGIC (reasoning activities involving the alignment
of U.S. valued coins; ideal for starters or center activities)
MORE STARTERS & STUMPERS (quick responders &
time takers to provoke thought & to challenge!)
NUMBERS PLEASE! QUESTIONS PLEASE! (36 number
sense activities plus 36 double activities for "if the answer
is . . . what could the questions be?")
NUMBER SEARCH ON THE 100 CHART (finding The
Number by following clues -- and coloring on the number
chart; ideal for starters or center activities)
NUMBER SEARCH: 100 CHART, BOOK II (finding The
Number by following clues -- including vocabulary such as
multiples, divisible, prime, square numbers -- coloring on the
hundred chart; ideal for starters or center activities)
100 COOPERATIVE CHART EXPLORATIONS (double thinking,
team coloring, and mental math with the hundred chart; ideal
for cooperative math experiences)
PATTERN
BLOCK DESIGNS: RELATIONSHIP THINKING (20 center tasks for
building congruent pattern block designs for whole number values
& 20 center tasks for building congruent pattern block designs
for common fractions)
PICTURE I HAVE (mental math activities
with pictures for counting, more than/less than, money, time,
etc. plus sequences, including counting by ones, twos, fives
and tens)
PLACE VALUE ALONE & TOGETHER (building
3-digit and 4-digit numbers when given mathematics vocabulary
related to place value; 50 activities to do individually and
50 to be done cooperatively with a partner; ideal for starters
or center activities)
POSITIVE MATH AT HOME & SCHOOL, BOOK 1 (flash
cards for addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, etc.
plus ideas with cards and dominoes)
POSITIVE MATH AT HOME & SCHOOL, BOOK II (activities
with dice, tic-tac-toe, logic and mathematical scavenger hunts)
PRIMARILY SPEAKING . . . WHO HAS
. . . ? (dots, dominoes, shapes and coins for participatory
"Who has?" plus traditional "I have . . .?"
for primary concepts)
PRIMARY STARTERS & STUMPERS (80 estimations
to start the class and 80 problems for daily challenges)
PRIMARY TODAY IS THE DAY FOR NUMBERS (number facts for
each day of the school year plus all the ways to show each date
with United States coins)
PROPER PLACEMENT: LOGICAL THINKING (reasoning tasks in linear
& matrix format using props involving house numbers, letters
of the alphabet & names; ideal for starters or center activities)
PROVE IT!: THE "DOING" OF MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS
(performance tasks for elementary mathematical concepts)
REASON TOGETHER: COMPARE, ESTIMATE & REFINE (36
cooperative activities for estimating, comparing and discussing
related facts: connections with social science and science)
SCAVENGER
HUNTS FOR MATH (30 activities focusing on estimation, approximation,
visualization and computation where students match the answers
to the dozen numbered problems; ideal as center activities)
SEEING AND SHOWING (overhead activities
for estimation and counting using circles, tangrams, buttons,
pattern blocks and attribute blocks)
SEE THE C'S: CLOCKS, CARDS, CALENDARS, COINS, CALCULATIONS &
CONUNDRUMS (180 stumper problems as seen in the world
around us plus 36 puzzled situations)
SHAPES & LOGIC: YOUNG GEOMETRY (logic with
pattern blocks & tasks for minimum, maximum, & specific
numbers of blocks and colors; ideal for starters or center activities)
SHOW ME & STUMP ME (starters and stumpers for the
very young)
SKILLBOARD MATH (cooperative work on boards numbered
0 through 9 for basic skills and vocabulary: before, after, between,
more than, less than, addition and subtraction)
SKILLBOARD MATH, BOOK 2 (cooperative
work on boards numbered 0 through 9 for skills & vocabulary:
multiplication, division, fractions, multiple, prime, etc.)
TALK IT OVER (problems to encourage students to discuss
their thoughts and solutions; 80 challenges to start the math
period)
TEAM ESTIMATION & ANALYSIS (cooperative
estimation & refinement by clues involving number sense,
math vocabulary and computation)
TELL ME ABOUT IT (open ended situations for
students to write what is known and what might be true)
THINK-N-TOUCH: HANDLES FOR PROBLEM SOLVING (180
daily manipulative problems with tiles, coins, toothpicks, pretzels
plus 36 tangram tasks)
30 CHART: COVERING, COLORING & NUMBERING (numerous
activities with primary math vocabulary/concepts and an organized
chart of the first 30 counting numbers)
TILE TEASERS (180 enrichment problems utilizing
our 10 digits)
TILING FOR ALL (numerous ways to use number tiles in the
math program from start to finish: includes games from the former
TILE AWHILE and ideas from the former TILING: WINDOWS TO MATHEMATICAL
THINKING)
TILING WORDS WITH A-Z, BOOK I (plural, rhyming
words, homonyms, synonyms, antonyms, vocabulary)
TILING WORDS WITH A-Z, BOOK II (over 600 vocabulary
words to be detected from given clues)
TODAY IS THE DAY FOR NUMBERS (a fact each day
to relate numbers to the real world)
TRANSLATIONS & EQUATIONS (writing equations
from word problems & within a given set of numerals)
TURN OVER TILES TO FIND X (listening to clues and eliminating
tiles by turning 9 of them over, leaving one tile as the X tile)
TWO FOR TILES: COOPERATIVE NUMBER WORK (cooperative
tiling for place value number building; ideal for starters or
center activities)
TWO TOO: PLACE VALUE ALONE & WITH A PARTNER (individual
and cooperative place value number building from given constraints;
ideal for starters or center activities)
WEIGHT LOGIC (finding individual
weight values when total weights are given; if...then... reasoning
activities to encourage explanations of thinking)
WEIGHT
LOGIC, BOOK 2 (higher level/larger number tasks for finding
individual weight values when total weights are given; if...then...reasoning
activities to encourage explanations of thinking; may be followed
up with simultaneous algebraic equation solving with 2 or 3 variables)
WEIGHT WAYS (addition of single-digit
numbers to balance to a specified sum or to create a balance
that meets given criteria)
WHAT IS THE VALUE? VARIABLES FOR THE YOUNG
(finding possible values for two different "coins"
when a total is given; basic addition combined with trial &
error problem solving strategy & algebraic replacement of
numbers for symbols)
YOUNG DATA DISPLAYS: IF...THEN...THINKING (reasoning activities
where children respond by showing a number or making a mark to
create an informal graphic representation)
